The painted scenes atop a red background show maenads, the female followers of Dionysus, as dancers and hunters with slaughtered goat kids on their bare shoulders and swords and goat intestines in ...

In a city buried under feet of ash and debris from the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79, archaeologists have announced ...

Harrison Butker has furiously responded to a scene in the Olympic opening ceremony which has been compared to the ‘The Last Supper’ with a ‘mocked God’ Bible verse. The Kansas City Chiefs ...

But this time I come as Dionysus the victorious, who will make the earth a day of celebration (Friedrich Nietzsche). 'Constant Wonder,' headlined Il Mattino commenting on the latest ...

Frieze depicts followers of ancient Greek god Dionysus Fresco dates to 40–30 BC Latest dig began in early 2023 ROME, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Archaeologists in Pompeii have uncovered rare, nearly life ...

The earliest origins of drama are to be found in Athens where ancient hymns, called dithyrambs, were sung in honor of the god Dionysus. These hymns were later adapted for choral processions in ...

The megalograph found in insula 10 of Regio IX provides another glimpse into the rituals of the mysteries of Dionysus ... The Dionysiac scene at the house is already available to be viewed ...